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Spike-oat

Helictochloa hookeri

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26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 17, February 12, March 19, April 31, May 44, June 48, July 52, August 44, September 33, October 24, November 13, December 10.
United States361
Alaska348
Canada102
Saskatchewan64
Alberta18
Nunavut18
Manitoba17
Yukon14
British Columbia11
Russia9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
GenusHelictochloa

Sources

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